11 November 2009 - Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) is to submit a planning application to local authorities for the development of a carbon capture demonstrator at its Ferrybridge coal fired plant near Castleford in Yorkshire.
In its current operations SSE generates 4000 MW of coal-fired capacity, which accounts for almost 40 per cent of its overall power generation capacity. The carbon capture trial facility will be developed and operated in collaboration with Doosan Babcock.
The partnership intends to demonstrate the carbon dioxide capture element of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. It is hoped construction will start next year, with the trial itself commencing in early 2011 and running through to the end of 2012.
Scottish and Southern Energy, Chief Executive Ian Marchant said: "The development of the UK's largest carbon capture demonstration plant at Ferrybridge will be a major step forward in realising the undoubted potential of CCS technology."